Milk-receptacle.



PATENTE'D AUG. 7, 1906. (G. w. MAXWELL & A. KINGSBURY.

MILK REGEPTAOLE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 3. 1905.

messes ITED STATES 'PATENT OFFICE. GEORGE W. MAXWELL AND ALONZO KINGSBURY, or SAN-FRANCISCO, .OALIFORNIA; (SAID KINGSBUBYASSIGNOB TO SAID'MAXWELL.' I v MlLK-RECEPT AQ'LE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 7, 190a.

. Application filed July 8, 1905. Serial No. 268,085.

To all whom it may concern; p

Be it known that we, GEORGE W. MAX- WELL and Ammo KINGSBURY, citizens of the United States, residing in the cit and county of San Francisco and State California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Milk-Receptacles, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to a device for con-- taining milk, cream, and the like.

It consists of a destructible package .to be used only once and means for closlng. and sealingthe same.

It also comprises details of construction which will be more fully explained by reference to the accompanying drawing, in which the figure is a perspective-view of our device and artiall shown in section.

It is the o ject 0 our invention to provide a cheap antiseptic package for containing milk, which is delivered in small amounts, and to make such packages substantially antiseptic and to be onl used for a single service.

A is the body 0 the containing vessel, which is made of aper or similar material coated With para to make itimpermeable to the liquid and may be made antiseptic or sterilized, so that the contents will not be contaminated. This receptacle is referably made tapering in shape and has a ottom 2, which is made of heavy material of considerable thickness, and it has a'beveled edge, so that when the bottom has been. forced in from the upper and larger end the beveled edge will seat snugly within the rec'e tacle near the bottom, becoming tight by frlction before it reaches the bottom. The top 4 is formed in the same" manner and when in place fits in the 11 per art of the receptacle A, and it may be orce therein to a short distance. In order to insure a liquid-tight joint when the bottom and top are in place,

We have shown the inner overla ping ortion where the sidesare joined toget er as aving a long bevel or chamfer, bringing it to a thin edge, which is substantially continuous with the inner surface of the receptacle from top to bottom. This insures a close fit of the bottomand top and renders it easy to make them substantially liquid-tight.

tween the holes 6 an 6 represents holes madein pairs around the upper part of the receptacle A and at such points as to lie just above the position of the top 4. The number of pairs of these holes may de end u on the size of the rece tacles. We fin that, or half a pint and sue small packages three pairs of holes of equal distance horizontal plane will be sufficient.

The lower edges of the holes are connected by a slit 7, which is cut through the thickness the paper wall, and when the cover has been inserted in place it will lie 'ust below these slits, and the flag orportion ormed bepushed inwardly, so that each of these flaps extend above the edge of the top 4 and W111 thus lock it. in place and revent its accidental removal. The pac age being filled and to thus locked in place 1s in condition for dellvery. When it is desired to open the package to obtain the contents, it 1s only necessary to force the flaps outwardly by bending them until they disengage from the cover. l The cover may then be engaged by a knife or other shar instrument and lifted and the cover raised out of its position, so

that the contents may be poured from the receptacle.

These containers are thus made so cheap that-the are only used a single time and may be estroyed after this use. There is no necessity for cleaning or reparing them to be used a second time, and the contents will 'thus be kept perfectly'sweet for the limited time necessary.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is'

v 1. A milk-receptacle having a body tapering in form and composed of paper, said body having holes made in dpairs around its upper part and the lower e ges of said holes connected by slits, and a cover fitting within the body having a beveled edge conforming to the tager of the inner wall of the body, said body aving the slitted portions between said pairs of holes bent inward over said cover. to retain the latter in place.

2. A milk-receptacle having a body of om each other and on substantially a by the cut 7 is then tapering form and slitted at around its set 0IJ1:h8-D-d8 in presence of two subscribing circumference near the u zlper end, and a witnesses.

cover fitting within the b0 and a. beveled edge OODIEOHBJf tethe taper of the GEORGE MAXWELL- 5 inner wall thereof, said ody. having the slit 1 KINGsBU-BY' ted ortions bent inward. over said cover to Witnesses: k ltmll the latter in place. S. H. NOUBBE,

In testimony whereof we have hereunto HENRY P. TmceU. 

